Something funny for the day. I put the cats' chicken on the stove to simmer and set it on high to speed things up -you know- and a few min. later....Oh good greif!!..... it's boiling over!!! But no, due to my air-head mornings I had turned on the little back burner and that one was red hot but the proper big front burner with the chicken, cold. This time it was a blessing, think of the mess avoided.

You poor yanks -it's 71 here and the sun is hot. The older I get the more I dislike cold weather.

Yankee, I have so done that so many times! You'll have to come to the Darkside and tell us what you think about the game.

The bed building goes. I knew it would take longer than they said, but the second one will go faster. We are to the double bookshelf. Once that is done we can put the mattress on and put up the guard rails. The rails go up 15" so we want to put the mattress on first.

We will also need to get a light that is flush to the ceiling for that room, but it is not happening today. Tomorrow maybe, or next week.

The boys are so excited. Sent son out with them to pick up bedding. But I'm willing to bet they won't sleep in there tonight. It will take son awhile to break them of the sleep-with-dad habit I think. But once he does, I think they will all be in better moods. Sleeping with kids is so Not fun!

Back later

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"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." -Roger Caras

so, I am sitting here working and my doorbell rings. I see my daughters fiance at the door with my grandpuppies. I talked to my daughter everyday this week and she neglected to tell me that I was dog sitting for the weekend. She thought she did. Guess who has a houseful again?

So I'm looking at the new Seal webcam our Mayor put up, and what happens, but some 'we have rights' group decides to get their 'airtime'. We have a simple rope barrier during pupping season that keeps people from going too near the seals and scaring them or risk getting hurt by the parent seals. There is an ongoing controversy over the 'restricting' of the beach, but with the new camera, the protesters now have the full attention of everyone, every minute.

Yesterday, two of them crossed the barrier, lounged on the beach, and even dipped their feet into the surf. They eventually left. Today, there is a huge nylon pole sign that says OPEN, and a placard with a liturgy on it about the beach being open to everyone, all the time, for any activity, AND there are 2-4 guys at any time with beach chairs, umbrellas, fishing equipment, scuba gear, etc. out there.

Now this activity is perfectly legal, but it's pupping season, and the seals, which are usually lying on the nice smooth sand with the babies, are now afraid to come out of the water. The beach is empty of seals, and what few you can see are hugging the rocks instead of getting nice and warm on the sand.

Dunno where this protest will go, but the last time this happened, a citizen group gathered to harrass the 'interlopers' and the police had to intervene when push came to shove and punches were thrown.

What a terrible mess for such a serene setting where lovely animals just want to raise their babies.

Wouldn't be so bad if the seals weren't scared off by the humans. The beach is open for humans but for safety of animals and humans they are asked to stay behind the little rope. With the miles and miles of wonderful beaches here, there is no reason to HAVE to inhabit this one tiny place.

There have been incidences in the past of people throwing rocks at them, etc. One of the guys today was skipping rocks into the water. Hopefully he didn't hit a seal. I'm watching to see if the authorities come in and ask the beach goers to move back a bit. Loads of fun.